Health & Wellness

Diet Sodas Increase Risk of Stroke by 61%

A new study from the University of Miami’s Miller School of Medicine reports that those who drink diet soda were found to have a 61% increase in stroke than those who drink no soda at all. Stroke is the third leading cause of death, behind heart disease and cancer, in the United States. More than 137,000 people a year die from stroke, according to the American Stroke Association Previous research... [Read more]

Weight Gain , Rapid Aging & Diabetes, Oh My! The Glycemic Index and Why You Should Care.

The Glycemic Index (G.I.) is a measure of how fast a particular food releases its “sugar” into the blood stream. Carbohydrates are just simple sugars bonded together in chains of various lengths. A long chain is a complex carbohydrate and takes some time to digest before the simple individual sugars are released into the blood stream to act as fuel. A short chain is obviously digested more quickly... [Read more]

Information Wanted: Dead or Alive. How to escape captivity habits that hurt your productivity.

Do you recognize these scenarios? A: You’ve just come back from a meeting. You put your pad and papers from the meeting on the credenza behind you and you sit down to your computer to read the latest e-mail. Six weeks later, the pad and papers are still sitting there on your credenza, untouched… B: You’ve returned from an annual conference out of state and it’s your first day back in... [Read more]

Trust me, I’m a doctor

Gaining a patients trust is an important element of the doctor patient relationship. For me to help a patient heal I must work to earn their trust by listening carefully and acting responsibly. This dynamic can be destroyed if dishonesty or deception is able to encroach. So, when I read information regarding a drug company’s activities that undermine my integrity as a physician I find it deeply... [Read more]

Farewell to a 96 Year-Old Fitness Legend

Death at 96 shouldn’t come across as a shock to any American, unless you’re fitness legend Jack LaLanne. Jack, who started his fitness & nutrition career in the 1930’s, then became a fixture in many homes in the 1950’s with his hit TV show, The Jack LaLanne Show, died in his home from complications of pneumonia Sunday afternoon.    As Jack often said, death would ruin his image and be... [Read more]

For a Healthy Body – Should I Detox?

The start of a New Year brings a chance to start with a clean slate. Lots of diet, exercise and other healthy resolutions often kick off the month of January. This month I’ve had some inquiries about the need or benefits of many of the detox kits on the market. The term “detox” is thrown around so much today but there is not a standard definition of what “detox” means. Some products claiming... [Read more]